Ranveer Singh bangs Kapil Dev’s role in the movie 1983

The script for 1983 is finished and the shoot will begin at the end of the year.

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Ranveer Singh. (Photo Source: Twitter)

The versatile actor Ranveer Singh is all set to add another biopic to his 7 years long career when he will be seen portraying the legendary Kapil Dev in the film named as ‘1983’. The film will revolve around 1983 Cricket World Cup win under Dev’s captainship when the Men in Blue defeated West Indies in the final to clinch their first-ever World Cup trophy. The movie will be directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Phantom films.

The Padmavati actor has been endearing and alluring the audience with his offbeat movie selection, this time too the actor is prepared to do justice to his character and will be starting the character preparations soon .”It should be exciting to get into the skin of such a legendary player. I am really looking forward to it but it is going to be a while before I commence work on it,” Singh was quoted as saying.

Taran Adarsh shared the news on Twitter

Taran tweeted, “#BreakingNews: Ranveer Singh will turn cricketer #KapilDev in Kabir Khan’s sports-based film… #1983 #WorldCup.”

Speculations were running around that who will play the lead for the victorious win based movie, even Arjun Kapoor name came forward, but Adarsh smashed all rumours and revealed the final choice.

Ranveer who was recently hoisted as the brand ambassador of English Premier League is eager to give his suggestions and be part of on-ground activities in the coming year. He marked his first association with sports and is very enthusiastic for promoting football for the FIFA U17 World Cup, India and the future events. He added, Thierry Henry was his childhood hero and he was always in awe for the Arsnal legend modest and the down to earth character.

Right now the Baji Rao actor has Rohit Shetty’s Simba and Gully Boy lined up for release in 2018. The script for 1983 is finished and the shoot will begin at the end of the year.

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